Swedish noun

en girighet

greed

Meaning

greed

Forms

Forms of girighet
Singular, indefinite	en girighet
Singular, definite	girigheten

girighet is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor girighet, den stora girigheten. Check another noun

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Is it en girighet or ett girighet?

Questions

What does girighet mean in English?

girighet means “greed”.

Is it en girighet or ett girighet?

It is en girighet, and “the greed” is girigheten.

Origin

From girig + -het

Nearby common words

girighet is number 5,536 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,532damma raise (make) dust, dust
5,533game game
5,534pussel jigsaw puzzle
5,535slaveri slavery
5,537grevinna a countess
5,538stöda support (to keep from falling), support (to back a cause, party etc. mentally or with concrete aid)
5,539mjukt softly
5,540avskyvärd loathsome, abominable, detestable

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary